Keynote presentation 1:Briefing on the current stage of the IPBES process and other inter-sessional workshops. Jerry Harrisson, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Key note presentation 2: Status and trends in biodiversity – what do we know and what do we need to know? Neil Burges, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Key note presentation 4: Status and trends in ecosystem services and their relevance to global sustainability– what do we know, what do we need to know, and how to move forward on what we need to know? Megan Tierney, UNEP-WCMC, United Kingdom

Key note presentation 12: IPBES as a newcomer. How can IPBES be useful in an already crowded assessment landscape? Jake Rice, Senior National Advisor, Ecosystem Science for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.